Recently, the Ministry of Civil Affairs confirmed 17 units including Feixiang District, Handan City, Hebei Province, Yanhu District, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, and Hongshan District, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region as the second batch of national wedding custom reform experimental zones, including Huangdao District, Qingdao City, Shandong Province and Yishui County, Linyi City, are listed.
It is understood that the experiment time is 3 years, starting from September 2021 to September 2024. Once the news of
was released, it quickly sparked heated discussion among netizens↓↓
In fact, as early as April this year, after local declaration, field research, comprehensive evaluation and other work links, the Ministry of Civil Affairs agreed to confirm Hejian City, Hebei Province, Qingshan District, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jining District, Ulanqab City, Huanggu District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, Yongji County, Jilin Province, Nangang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, Jianye District, and Dongtai City, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, Yuwangtai District, Ningling County, Kaifeng City, Henan Province, Li County, Hunan Province, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, Dazu District, Chongqing City, Wuhou District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, Jintai District, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province and other units as national wedding custom reform experimental zones, with an experiment period of three years.
This is the first batch of national wedding custom reform experimental zones announced.
Image source: Screenshot of the Ministry of Civil Affairs website
National level promotes the reform of marriage customs, but in fact, the introduction of relevant measures has long been traceable.
Let us continue to pull the timeline forward.
In February 2021, this year, central document No. 1 was officially released. The document clearly states that we will continue to promote the transformation of customs in rural areas, promote the points system, moral evaluation committee, red and white council and other practices, increase the governance of bad customs such as high-priced brides, comparison of favors, rich funeral and poor care, extravagance and waste, and feudal superstition, and promote the formation of civilized rural customs, good family customs, and simple folk customs.
topic returns to the experimental area for wedding customs reform.
What exactly does it change in the reform of marriage customs? What exactly is the experiment in the
experimental area?
The purpose of the first batch of reform experimental areas is to focus on the pilot theme of marriage customs reform, actively cultivate and practice the core socialist values of , vigorously promote the change of customs in the field of marriage, inherit and develop the excellent Chinese culture of marriage, advocate the whole society to form a correct marriage and family value orientation, curb the unhealthy customs of marriage, continuously improve the level of civilization in the whole society and the spiritual outlook of the masses, and provide a vivid model for promoting the reform of marriage customs.
The goals of the second batch of experiments are more detailed. By innovating the cultural carriers of marriage and childbirth, bad social customs such as bad marriage habits and sky-high bride prices are governed to help marriage and family happiness and stability.
But whether it is the first or second batch, the keywords of reform are changing customs and managing bad habits of marriage. The first batch of
has been in progress for more than five months, and the second batch has also been officially announced.
What new trends have been made in the reform experimental area?
1, "reduce burden" for bride gifts
Hejian City advocates a solemn and simple new wedding style by inviting moral models and other local influential people to award marriage certificates to newlyweds "zero betrothal gifts" and "low betrothal gifts" . Nowadays, the phenomenon of "being worried about face and suffering" and "being strongly on the storefront to build debt" for weddings has been effectively alleviated.
Hiangle , Li County, Hunan, advocates frugal wedding banquets, controls the quantity and portion of wedding banquet dishes, encourages packaging after meals, eliminates waste on the tongue, and establishes a standard for holding wedding banquets that should not exceed 20 tables per party and no more than 30 tables per party.
Jiangsu Jianye District While holding a public welfare single dating event, it promotes the new trend of civilized wedding customs and invites young people to sign initiatives such as eliminating sky-high bride prices and luxurious wedding banquets.
Ningling County, Henan Province starts with party members, cadres, teachers and soldiers, and advocates that the bride price should not exceed 30,000 yuan and the bride price should not exceed 100 yuan.
2, wedding new
, Jiangsu Dongtai City is the birthplace of "The Legend of the Love of Dong Yong Seven Fairies". In the Dong Yongqi Fairy Cultural Park of Dongtai Xixi Tourism and Cultural Scenic Area, Dongtai City Marriage Registration Office is located. After registering here, young people often change into Hanfu to visit and experience the marriage customs and culture under the time and space of "Celestial Immortals".
Huanggu District, Shenyang, Liaoning Based on the reality of multi-ethnic integration and settlement, it displays wedding customs, culture and historical materials to the public for free, and inherits ethnic wedding customs, etiquette and culture.
Chongqing Dazu District has built a marriage and family cultural base for "museum, marriage customs and cultural exhibition hall, and a street for marriage and family themes around Dazu stone carving "Charity, kindness, filial piety, righteousness and integrity" and "respect, harmony, filial piety and kindness" marriage and family culture.
The "Tianfu Youxi" brand was registered in Wuhou District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and explore the cultural heritage of wedding customs by establishing a cultural wall of wedding customs and setting love theme check-in points.
Guangdong Guangzhou released the top ten "sweet list" of wedding tourism industry and the top ten wedding tourism routes, exploring new development models of "wedding + tourism".
Qingshan District, Baotou, Inner Mongolia will move the marriage registration site to the grasslands in the city to create a unique registration atmosphere for newlyweds.
. Marriage counseling, cultivating family style Not long ago, a marriage family class brought by a psychological counselor of the local marriage registration office in Dahuaishu Village, Jintai District, Baoji, Shaanxi attracted many villagers who came to "seek the scriptures". Under the influence of measures such as marriage and family counseling, people no longer compare who can hold a larger wedding banquet, but rather who will be more harmonious than which marriage, and have a clearer understanding of their respective responsibilities in marriage and family.
Jining District, Wulanqab, Inner Mongolia hired social workers and social workers through government purchases of services to provide professional services and tutoring to the masses.
Henan Yuwangtai District, Kaifeng, Henan Province and other professionals help local people to adjust their psychology after marriage and master family skills.
In Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang, the civil affairs department has developed mobile software to implement pre-marital exams for newlyweds to help newlyweds accelerate their role changes in answering questions. In Yongji County, Jilin, the civil affairs department cooperated with social organizations to create audio courses for family virtue education and resolving conflicts between husband and wife, and publish them through WeChat public accounts.
Nowadays, marriage and family counseling has become increasingly popular. It is understood that the coverage rate of marriage and family counseling rooms in the county-level and above marriage registration agencies nationwide has reached 70.2%. According to the plan, the coverage rate will reach 80% during the 14th Five-Year Plan period.
What to do next?
Wang Jinhua, Director of the Department of Social Affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs:
. Most experimental areas incorporate marriage customs reform into village rules and regulations and residents' conventions, clarify the procedures for handling marriage matters, and set high-limiting standards, which effectively reduces the burden on the people. . Marriage culture, as an important part of Chinese culture, is not static. The wedding customs culture in the new era should not only inherit and develop the humanistic spirit and moral norms contained in the traditional wedding customs culture, but also innovate based on social development and civilization progress.. It is a systematic project to do a good job in reforming marriage customs and letting marriage events return to the essence of love. In the next step, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will continue to guide local governments to comprehensively use a variety of means through the working method of "point-to-face" to protect the harmony and happiness of marriage and family in the whole society. Source: Daily Economic News, People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, Netizen Comments
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